What if Becky Lynch defends both titles separately at each WWE PPV?

Becky Lynch is in the unusual position of holding the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships. WWE has had dual champions before. Four years ago, Seth Rollins held the WWE and US Championships simultaneously. Steve Austin and Triple H each had a singles title to go with the Tag Team Championship they shared in 2001. Talents including Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, and D’Lo Brown held the hybrid Euro-Continental title(s) back in the Attitude Era.

Lynch is the first woman to hold two titles concurrently, though, in part because there are relatively few times in WWE history when there were multiple women’s titles on the line, let alone when any of them meant as much as these two titles do now.

WWE doesn’t seem moved to unify the titles, keeping the two belts and, for the time being, keeping two distinct women’s rosters between Raw and SmackDown. So what if Lynch not only carries both titles, but defends them both on PPV in separate matches? This article takes a look at that possibility.

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#3 Lynch shores up her legacy as The Man

Winning titles is one thing; consistently defending twice a night could be historic.

No woman has regularly worked multiple PPV matches in a night, in part, because so few women have the in-ring talent, conditioning, or popularity to pull off that feat, and for fans to want to see it. Lynch is on the short list of the most popular female talents WWE has ever had, and as she demonstrated in her virtuosic two-match performance at the Royal Rumble PPV—losing to Asuka, then winning the Rumble itself—she can command an audience’s attention and energy across more than one performance. Moreover, she’s capable of selling appropriately, to remind fans of the damage she’s already incurred en route to her second bout.

Working two title defenses per PPV for a bit would confirm Lynch as a unique talent both in kayfabe and in reality. The Man is special and this would be an impressive, quantifiable way of further establishing her as an all-time great.

#2 An easy out

Lynch working two title matches a night would offer an excuse for her to lose her second match.

At some point in time, Becky Lynch will lose one of her titles. Maybe Asuka will get the job done, in continuing the story of her having Lynch’s number after their Royal Rumble match. Maybe Charlotte Flair will take a title in the next chapter of their storied rivalry. There are a number of other talents who could be in the running like Lacey Evans, Kairi Sane, Natalya, Carmella, or even a returning Ronda Rousey.

If Lynch were to get in the habit of two defenses a night on PPVs, we can wager that she’d drop her first title in her second defense—worn down after a grueling bout, and toughing out a second contest. The scenario sets up a readily built excuse for Lynch to lose, while putting her over in defeat for still going through with a defense, despite not working the match at full strength.

#1 Setting up a program down the line

Someone beating Lynch in her second defense could set up an intriguing program for down the road.

Whoever takes a title off of Becky Lynch in the scenario described here, of beating The Man in her second title defense of the night, would not get the full push that would come with beating Lynch decisively, without any excuses. Nonetheless, this could also be a fine way of setting up another rivalry for Lynch down the road.

Say Lynch lost the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Carmella (after retaining the Raw title earlier in the night). Lynch would presumably carry on working Raw talent only with her Raw Women’s Championship. Come the next champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series, a Royal Rumble win earning someone a title shot, or the next Superstar Shakeup there would be a ready-made story to pursue of ‘Mella claiming she’s beaten Lynch before, whereas Lynch can hold up the fact she wasn’t one hundred percent going into the match. It’d be a unique circumstance to set up Lynch as both vulnerable and out for revenge.